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Russia Loses Contact With Its Satellites

MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40
Posted (6 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2648 times:

I wonder what has caused this power cable failure? This is only civilian satellites. Military satellites are not affected.

From Ria Novosti

Quote:
MOSCOW, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - A severed communications cable in the Moscow region on Wednesday has rendered Russian specialists unable to control most of the country's civilian satellites, a source in the space industry said.
It will take at least 48 hours to fix the problem, the source said.
The emergency has not affected communications with the Russian segment of the International Space Station, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.

http://en.rian.ru/science/20121114/177461100.html

There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde

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KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11712 posts, RR: 52
Reply 1, posted (6 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2648 times:

I would not want to be the person who accidentially cut that cable.

BEG2IAH From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 827 posts, RR: 12
Reply 2, posted (6 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2647 times:

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I hope they work out a back up cable as it's close to insane to not have a redundant system.

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rfields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6150 posts, RR: 25
Reply 3, posted (6 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2647 times:

The former backhoe operator for the North Moscow Plumbing Company is now filling a position 200 miles north of Madagan counting yak hairs.

mffoda From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 908 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (6 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 2649 times:

Quoting rfields5421 (Reply 3):
The former backhoe operator for the North Moscow Plumbing Company is now filling a position 200 miles north of Madagan counting yak hairs.

Its probably OK? I'm sure they sent his family with him to the labor camp...

harder than woodpecker lips...

sprout5199 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1779 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (6 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 2649 times:

Quoting BEG2IAH (Reply 2):
I hope they work out a back up cable as it's close to insane to not have a redundant system.

Thats the truth. $300 mil satellites and no back up?

Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 1):
I would not want to be the person who accidentially cut that cable.

I wonder if he was employed by a rival company

Dan in Jupiter